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NHL draft: Oilers ship Kailer Yamamoto to Red Wings in salary dump
NASHVILLE - NHL teams got back to wheeling and dealing on the second day of the NHL draft. After the quietest opening round on the trade front in 16 years - there were exactly zero moves made during W...
Jun 29, 2023
Canada's Carol Zhao advances to Wimbledon main draw with win in qualifying
LONDON - Canada's Carol Zhao advanced to the Wimbledon main draw with a 7-6 (4), 6-4 win over American CoCo Vanderweghe in the third round of qualifying on Thursday. Zhao will be making her first-ever...
Jun 29, 2023
SOUND OFF: Rural communities need more recovery and mitigation support
A NUMBER OF RURAL COMMUNITIES IN B.C. have been struggling to recover from recent climate events that have caused incredible damage.Many of them are in the riding of Fraser-Nicola, which borders my ri...
Jun 29, 2023
Christine King Farris, the last living sibling of Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 95
ATLANTA (AP) - Christine King Farris, the last living sibling of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has died. Her niece, the Rev. Bernice King, tweeted that her "beloved aunt" died Thursday. She was 95....
Jun 29, 2023
CP NewsAlert: Google set to remove news links in Canada over online news law
OTTAWA - Google says it will remove news links in Canada because of a new law that will force digital giants to compensate media outlets for content they share or otherwise repurpose online. More comi...
Jun 29, 2023
NFL suspends 3 players indefinitely, fourth gets 6 games for violating gambling policy
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The NFL suspended three players indefinitely Thursday for violating the league's gambling policy and a fourth was sidelined for six games. Isaiah Rodgers and Rashod Berry of th...
Jun 29, 2023
Meta ends contract for journalism fellowship program as Bill C-18 fallout continues
TORONTO - Digital giant Meta is terminating the contract for a fellowship program that supports the hiring of a limited number of emerging journalists at newswire service The Canadian Press The move c...
Jun 29, 2023
Double whammy of new climate policies in Atlantic Canada fuel political battle
OTTAWA - The federal government is accusing Atlantic premiers of playing politics with the planet in a clash of wills over two new climate policies set to take effect on Saturday. But some Atlantic Li...
Jun 29, 2023
Ottawa Senators sign defenceman Jacob Larsson to one-year contract extension
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have signed defenceman Jacob Larsson to a one-year, two-way extension, the team announced Thursday. The contract carries a value of US$775,000 in the NHL and $325,000 in t...
Jun 29, 2023
Lawyers ask Amsterdam court to reduce Canadian 13-year cyberbullying sentence to Dutch citizen
AMSTERDAM (AP) - A 13-year sentence a Canadian court handed to a Dutch cyber bully in a notorious case involving a young girl who took her own life in 2012 should be reduced to four-and-a-half years i...
Jun 29, 2023
